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Wednesday 28 June 2017
CMOS image sensor sales to reach another record high in 2017, says IC Insights
CMOS image sensor sales are on pace to reach a seventh straight record high in 2017, and nothing ahead should stop this semiconductor product category from breaking more annual records...
Wednesday 28 June 2017
Qualcomm announces advanced fingerprint scanning and authentication technology
Qualcomm has announced its next-generation ultrasonic fingerprint solutions which bring new and enhanced features to the previous generation Qualcomm Snapdragon Sense ID fingerprint...
Monday 26 June 2017
Episil planning to raise epi-wafer prices
Taiwan-based Episil, which makes silicon epitaxial wafers as well as providing foundry services at its 5- and 6-inch wafer fabs, plans to revise upward its epi-wafer prices to reflect...
Wednesday 21 June 2017
Innolux, Next Biometrics tie up for mass production of flexible fingerprint sensors
Innolux will begin volume production of a flexible fingerprint sensor product co-develop with Norway-based Next Biometrics for smart card applications in the third quarter of 2017,...
Thursday 8 June 2017
Fingerprint sensor maker Egistec suffers significant revenue setback in May
Fingerprint sensor maker Egis Technology (Egistec) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$252.19 million (US$8.38 million) for May, down 22.7% on month but up 51.58% on year.
Tuesday 6 June 2017
Elan May revenues climb to 8-month high
Touch and fingerprint sensor vendor Elan Microelectronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$606 million (US$) for May 2017, up 17.3% on year and 0.6% sequentially.
Thursday 1 June 2017
Sony gives priority to Apple, China-based vendors for CIS capacity
Sony has given priority to Apple, and China-based Huawei, Oppo and Vivo for CMOS image sensor (CIS) capacity, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 17 May 2017
Sensor and actuator sales take off as price erosion eases
After several years of low and inconsistent growth rates primarily because of intense pricing pressure, the market for semiconductor sensors and actuators finally caught fire in 2016...
Monday 15 May 2017
CMOS sensor maker Pixart reports strong earnings for 1Q17
CMOS image sensor maker Pixart Image saw its net profit expand 22.4% on quarter and 230% on year to NT$82 million (US$2.72 million) in the first quarter of 2017.
Thursday 11 May 2017
CMOS sensor distributor Sunnic to see revenues hit highs in May-June
CMOS image sensor distributor Sunnic Technology & Merchandise is expected to see its revenues continue hit highs in May and June thanks to increasing demand for the sensor products...
Wednesday 26 April 2017
Digitimes Research: Biometric sensor shipments to see CAGR of over 30% from 2017-2020
Biometric sensor technologies are mainly separated into two major categories: the static type such as fingerprint, iris, face, palm vein recognition; and the dynamic type such as...
Tuesday 25 April 2017
TSMC talks about its next growth drivers
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is seeing robust growth in demand from the mobile computing, automotive electronics, IoT and high-performance computing sectors,...
Monday 10 April 2017
Egistec March revenues down, FocalTech up
Fingerprint sensor supplier Egis Technology (Egistec) saw its March revenues decrease 13.4% sequentially to NT$335.14 million (US$10.95 million) while fellow company FocalTech Systems'...
Friday 24 March 2017
Shanghai QST enjoys robust MEMS sensor shipments
MEMS sensor startup Shanghai Quality Sensor Technology (QST) saw its shipments jump five-fold in 2016 compared to the previous year, driven by the fast-growing market for accelerators,...
Monday 13 March 2017
HannsTouch Solution to expand touch sensor capacity, says paper
Touch sensor maker HannsTouch Solution, due to growing demand for touch sensors used in AMOLED panels, will invest NT$1.8 billion (US$58.3 million) to expand production capacity from...
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